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Emoticons are the future of communication

• ScottWhigham 13y ago
  The linkbait title had me all ready to be in a huff but that was very well done.
  • schlichtm 13y ago
    Muahaha
• brd 13y ago
  I definitely appreciate the argument that more emotional context is the future of digital communication. I just wonder if emoticons are really the solution to it. I'd like to think something more akin to snapchat, where someone can send a quick temporary picture of themself smiling, frowning, etc is a much more mature/natural/sensible (not sure the appropriate word for it...) method of conveying the same emotional information.
  • schlichtm 13y ago
    I totally agree with you - I don't think it's specifically emoticons that are the future. Snapchat is definitely a perfect example of the direction we are going in (picture + text).